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Sterling Engineering, Inc.401(k)

STERLING ENGINEERING, INC. SALARY SAVINGS PLAN · WESTCHESTER, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Sterling Engineering, Inc. reported $5,642 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $298 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.04% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,714th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 5,648th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $18.64 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 440 to 254 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,499,841
Participants with balances249
Active participants254
Employer contributions$75,727
Employee contributions$1,411,294
Employer contribution per active participant$298
Average account balance$78,313
Benefits paid to participants$1,233,608
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMILLER COOPER & CO., LTD
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.5M · 249 accts · $76K emplr
2023$16.0M · 236 accts · $78K emplr
2022$12.8M · 209 accts · $41K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,463
Investment management$4,179
Total administrative$5,642
The Sterling Engineering, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$298
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$298 per active participant
2023$182 per active participant
2022$93 per active participant

Sterling Engineering, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$1,463

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$5,642 · 0.03%
2023$5,622 · 0.04%
2022$5,438 · 0.04%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362708254 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.